Petros' early exposure to photography, theatre and art, as well as his need for emotional and visual expression led him to Hollywood where he studied film and television directing at the California State University.

Since 2000, he is working as a freelance film director shooting commercials and narratives.

Some of his commercials were nominated and awarded in various competitions.

His first feature film "Boy on the Bridge" had its world premiere in Rome Film Festival 2016, Greek Premiere at Thessaloniki Film Festival 2016 and received Best Film Award from Panorama of European Cinema Film Festival in Athens. Also nominated for Best First Time Director Award at the Hellenic Film Academy's IRIS Awards. The film has participated so far in more than 50 festival winning 13 awards.

Patchwork, his second feature film, had its world premiere in the East of the West competition section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2021.

He directed the small opera "Epitafios", the play "Historias Paralelas" and for the 24hours plays the theatre performance "Hearts at 950 degrees Celcius" and the play Your Molotov Kisses. In September 2022 he directed the performance "My Room is Not a Stage" as part of the Kypria International festival in Cyprus.

He was the artistic director of the children's section of Cyprus Film Days and organized the European Film Academy Young Audience Award from 2019 to 2021 in Cyprus.

He is in development for his new feature film entitled "4 Hours".

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Petros Charalambous

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